The effectiveness of the nationwide BokSmart rugby injury prevention program on catastrophic injury rates
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Die Effektivität des nationalen BokSmart- Verletzungspräventionsprogrammes im Rugby in Bezug auf die katastrophalen Verletzungsraten |
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Autor: | Brown, J.C.; Verhagen, E.; Knol, D.; Van Mechelen, W.; Lambert, M.I. |
Erschienen in: | Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports |
Veröffentlicht: | 26 (2016), 2, S. 221-225, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0905-7188, 1600-0838 |
DOI: | 10.1111/sms.12414 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU201603001604 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Rugby Union (“rugby”) participants have a higher than average risk of injury compared with participants of other popular team sports. BokSmart, a nationwide injury prevention program was launched in South Africa in mid-2009, with the goal of reducing catastrophic head/neck (serious) injuries in players. The program provides injury prevention information to coaches and referees. This study investigated if BokSmart has been associated with a reduction in these injuries. The BokSmart program collected data on all South African rugby-related serious injuries since 2008. Using a Poisson regression, injury numbers were compared pre-BokSmart (2008–2009) to the years post-implementation (2010–2013). Player numbers were assumed to be constant throughout this evaluation: junior = 529 483; senior = 121 663. In junior players, the “post-BokSmart” period had 2.5 less annual serious injuries than “pre-BokSmart” (incidence rate ratio: 0.6, 95% confidence interval: 0.5–0.7, P < 0.000). In contrast, there was no significant difference in these periods in seniors. The absence of effect in seniors may be a result of fewer players or of differences in effectiveness of BokSmart in this group – future studies should investigate these questions.